Fwd Cabin Sole

It's really good to have my Jeep working again. I almost forgot what the clutch was for. I've been speed shifting for a month.

Finally, back to boat construction. I've been working on fitting the cabin sole in the forward compartment. This view is in the used-to-be V-berth area, now sail and chain locker, looking aft . The holes in the sole are access holes between the floors. Naturally, once the sole is down and the bulkheads are in there's no way to get under the sole. Stbd, where the saw and tape are will be my berth; 27" wide at the head tapering to 24" at the foot. Port will be the head/shower. Have to have a shower, and not just a shower head stuck in a crouded corner. I'm planning a 30"x30" shower area. The water system will be the port side. Tomorrow I cut and fit in the under sole edge for the hand holes. By Wednesday I hope to have to sole glassed in place. :-)

forward bulkhead

The last few days and today I've been working on the bulkhead between the stateroom and the sail storage in the bow. Before installing the stbd half I traced it on a sheet of plywood. Today I cut, fitted, routed, and installed the port half of the bulhead. Why is it that the second half of a project goes easier than the first half? I took 3 pictures but when I went to view them they were not on the camera or the SD chip. How disappointing. You take once-in-a-lifetime pictures and they disappear. Really makes me think twice about going back my realiable film camera.
Yesterday I started working on my 86 Jeep. I was having clutch problems. All indications pointed to a worn out release bearing. So, I bought a clutch kit. You can't just buy, or atleasts it's not recommended, a release bearing. After half a day of grease and yuck working in a gravel parking lot. I discover that the clutch lever arm is badly cracked and and bent. Order the part ... wait for shipping ... put the whole thing back together again. Yes, with the new clutch whether it needed it or not. In the picture the lever arm in front is what it should like like.
Oh well, another relaxing evening. Tomorrow I measure for the stateroom floor in the boat. Finally, something to walk on besides the open floors, tanks, and bilges.

Main Bulkhead

Well, with a break in the rain I finally got the boat dry enough inside to continue with some woodworking. Today I finished fitting in the mast support bulkhead. Also, cut out what will be a watertight door. I took a picture but there was a read error when I went to load it. Guess you'll have to wait for the picture tomorrow.

01/13/11 --- Glassed in two more floors/mast support beams. The rest of the floor only support the cabin sole and don't have to be so heavy and will fit in a lot faster. Maybe I can have the forward compartment roughed in by the end of the month.

Holding Tanks

The last several days I've been working on building and installing holding tanks. I should have at least 50 gallon holding between two tanks. I made supports and a lid for an open, very deep bildge area under the engine, behind the keel lead. The other tank will be between the keel water tank and the diesel tank leaving space between the tanks for access to the keel bolts.